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Arts&Entertainment: page 9
Film Fettish
"Great Expectations" focuses more
on love story than Dickens' novel did.
Sports:
page 10 & 11
Catch the
latest on Royal
Athletics
Variety:
page 7
For a fun Valentines Day
Whether spending the evening with
friends or a date, Hannah shares unique
ideas for that special night
Wednesday, February 11,1998
NEWSPAPER OF BETHEL COLLEGE
Volume 73 • Number 8:
Advisory Committee proposes blocking sites on World Wide Web
By Debbie Erstad
Staff Writer
A proposal to block pornographic and interactive gambling Internet sites from
Bethel's computer system was
introduced in the Jan. 20 faculty meeting by Bill Doyle and
Bob Kistler of the Academic
Computing Services Advisory
Committee (ACSAC).
"It's like putting a cigarette
machine in the student
lounges," said Kistler. He compared current access to allowing a pornography vendor in
the dorms, but forbidding the
students to buy any.
The primary motivation for
the proposal is Bethel's mission statement: "to foster an effective academic program and
to create a supportive environ-
Effects of
lawsuit seen
in classroom
By Sarah Tressel
Staff Writer
Last year's lawsuit alleging
the use of curriculum inconsistent with Bethel's "Covenant
for Life Together" still affects
the classroom, even though it
was dismissed ten months
ago.
"I, the teacher, am responsible for what goes on in the
classroom," said English Professor Barrett Fisher. "I don't
want to be in that situation
again."
Fisher does not intend to
make variations in his course
material because of the suit,
but he has made efforts to be
more careful. "The biggest issue with 'The Tm Drum' was
the fact that the material was
presented as a student presentation," he said. "It's made me
think again about what kind
of material I ask students to
present."
Both Fisher and philosophy
Professor Don Postema, who
teaches "Film and the Modern
Sensibility," a class mentioned
in the suit, agree that the
Lawsuit
continued on page 2
ment for the development of
growing Christian persons."
Professor Marion Larson,
who teaches a class on censorship, said she questions this
Clarion/ Photo by Matt Lang
approach. "It's a policing technique for solving a potential
moral problem by protecting
people, by making their
choices for them." She said
gambling and pornographic
use are symptoms of deeper
problems such as self-control
and lust.
ACSAC believes that pornographic material is harmful
and addictive and that Bethel
should not provide this kind of
destructive opportunity for
students. A student surfing the
web or researching for a class
could innocently stumble upon
something that could lead to an
addiction.
According to Kistler, chair of
ACSAC, one Bethel professor
who used the key words
"Christianity and Business" in
an Internet search found that
nearly one half of the results
contained or led to pornographic material.
Larson said she investigated
a few sites to see how they
Friends, family celebrate Garven's life
i—
By Tesha M. Christensen
Staff Writer
Friends and family are
continuing to mourn the
death of freshman Jeffrey
David Garven, who
drowned Dec. 18,
1997, in a snowmobile accident on Lake
Minnetonka.
"You can't be afraid
to cry and let your
emotions out. It's all
part of the process,"
said sophomore
Brent Slipka, who
lived in Garven's
townhouse. "You really should live every
day like it was your
last." Since Garven's
death, Slipka has
looked more closely
at his life and at his
relationship with
God and others.
"I think about him every
"It's being affirmed
that he was everything
we hoped and more."
David Garven
Jeff's father
day," said Andy Johnson,
Garven's best friend.
"There are days when it's a
lot—when it just hits you and
it's overwhelming." Johnson
has realized that things in life
aren't guaranteed to always
be there, so he appreciates
Clarion/ Courtesy Photo
what he has now.
"We have a lot of questions
that remain unanswered because we don't understand
why he is gone," said his father, David Garven. He said
people can help through
prayer. "Pray for God to reveal more insights about
death and dying and heaven."
Through the stories of
Jeff's friends, his father has
learned more of his son's actions and character since he
died. "It's being affirmed
that he was everything we
hoped and more," he said.
"Once things are done,
you can't beat yourself up about it," said
family friend Sarah
Porter. "If things are
done, they're done."
She said Jeff Garven
lived his life by this
motto, and now she
practices it.
"The one thing I
can be thankful for, is
we had a wonderful
Christmas together,"
said Porter. "When we
left, none of us were
fighting with Jeff."
Porter makes sure
now she never leaves
anyone with unresolved conflicts, even
on her dorm floor.
Porter turns to her Bible
for encouragement and
clings to John 11:21-26:
"...those who believe in me,
even though they die, will
live..."
"I don't know how
people without any faith
can get through this," said
Porter. "You need something to hold onto. You need
hope."
worked. For each site that she
informally checked, the front
page was not explicit and gave
a description or rating for the
material to follow. She then
had to choose whether or not
to go further.
The providers of the software blocking service hire
people to find and sort all
Internet sites. Assessors can
then decide which categories
they will block from their computers. Bethel is considering
two service providers:
SurfWatch and WebSense.
Each of these has created their
own criteria for categorization.
Although ACSAC considers several categories inappropriate, such as adult entertain-
Internet
continued on page 2
Smalley's
legacy
lives on
By Kara Miller
Staff Writer
Bethel mourned when linguistics Professor William
Smalley retired 10 years ago.
Now, we are mourning again.
The 74-year-old former
Bethel professor, linguist, anthropologist and missionary
died on Dec. 16 in New Haven,
Conn., due to a heart attack.
"Bill was a quiet, calm, deliberative, kind, task-oriented
person who cared a lot for students who were willing to take
the time to listen and interact,"
said history Professor G.W.
Carlson. "There was no one
better."
Smalley achieved global
recognition for his linguistic
work. He is credited with
helping to create the Hmong
written language, which is
now used worldwide. He
worked with both the American and United Bible Societies,
the Christian and Missionary
Alliance and the National Endowment for the Humanities,
Smalley
continued on page 2

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Arts&Entertainment: page 9
Film Fettish
"Great Expectations" focuses more
on love story than Dickens' novel did.
Sports:
page 10 & 11
Catch the
latest on Royal
Athletics
Variety:
page 7
For a fun Valentines Day
Whether spending the evening with
friends or a date, Hannah shares unique
ideas for that special night
Wednesday, February 11,1998
NEWSPAPER OF BETHEL COLLEGE
Volume 73 • Number 8:
Advisory Committee proposes blocking sites on World Wide Web
By Debbie Erstad
Staff Writer
A proposal to block pornographic and interactive gambling Internet sites from
Bethel's computer system was
introduced in the Jan. 20 faculty meeting by Bill Doyle and
Bob Kistler of the Academic
Computing Services Advisory
Committee (ACSAC).
"It's like putting a cigarette
machine in the student
lounges," said Kistler. He compared current access to allowing a pornography vendor in
the dorms, but forbidding the
students to buy any.
The primary motivation for
the proposal is Bethel's mission statement: "to foster an effective academic program and
to create a supportive environ-
Effects of
lawsuit seen
in classroom
By Sarah Tressel
Staff Writer
Last year's lawsuit alleging
the use of curriculum inconsistent with Bethel's "Covenant
for Life Together" still affects
the classroom, even though it
was dismissed ten months
ago.
"I, the teacher, am responsible for what goes on in the
classroom," said English Professor Barrett Fisher. "I don't
want to be in that situation
again."
Fisher does not intend to
make variations in his course
material because of the suit,
but he has made efforts to be
more careful. "The biggest issue with 'The Tm Drum' was
the fact that the material was
presented as a student presentation," he said. "It's made me
think again about what kind
of material I ask students to
present."
Both Fisher and philosophy
Professor Don Postema, who
teaches "Film and the Modern
Sensibility," a class mentioned
in the suit, agree that the
Lawsuit
continued on page 2
ment for the development of
growing Christian persons."
Professor Marion Larson,
who teaches a class on censorship, said she questions this
Clarion/ Photo by Matt Lang
approach. "It's a policing technique for solving a potential
moral problem by protecting
people, by making their
choices for them." She said
gambling and pornographic
use are symptoms of deeper
problems such as self-control
and lust.
ACSAC believes that pornographic material is harmful
and addictive and that Bethel
should not provide this kind of
destructive opportunity for
students. A student surfing the
web or researching for a class
could innocently stumble upon
something that could lead to an
addiction.
According to Kistler, chair of
ACSAC, one Bethel professor
who used the key words
"Christianity and Business" in
an Internet search found that
nearly one half of the results
contained or led to pornographic material.
Larson said she investigated
a few sites to see how they
Friends, family celebrate Garven's life
i—
By Tesha M. Christensen
Staff Writer
Friends and family are
continuing to mourn the
death of freshman Jeffrey
David Garven, who
drowned Dec. 18,
1997, in a snowmobile accident on Lake
Minnetonka.
"You can't be afraid
to cry and let your
emotions out. It's all
part of the process,"
said sophomore
Brent Slipka, who
lived in Garven's
townhouse. "You really should live every
day like it was your
last." Since Garven's
death, Slipka has
looked more closely
at his life and at his
relationship with
God and others.
"I think about him every
"It's being affirmed
that he was everything
we hoped and more."
David Garven
Jeff's father
day," said Andy Johnson,
Garven's best friend.
"There are days when it's a
lot—when it just hits you and
it's overwhelming." Johnson
has realized that things in life
aren't guaranteed to always
be there, so he appreciates
Clarion/ Courtesy Photo
what he has now.
"We have a lot of questions
that remain unanswered because we don't understand
why he is gone," said his father, David Garven. He said
people can help through
prayer. "Pray for God to reveal more insights about
death and dying and heaven."
Through the stories of
Jeff's friends, his father has
learned more of his son's actions and character since he
died. "It's being affirmed
that he was everything we
hoped and more," he said.
"Once things are done,
you can't beat yourself up about it," said
family friend Sarah
Porter. "If things are
done, they're done."
She said Jeff Garven
lived his life by this
motto, and now she
practices it.
"The one thing I
can be thankful for, is
we had a wonderful
Christmas together,"
said Porter. "When we
left, none of us were
fighting with Jeff."
Porter makes sure
now she never leaves
anyone with unresolved conflicts, even
on her dorm floor.
Porter turns to her Bible
for encouragement and
clings to John 11:21-26:
"...those who believe in me,
even though they die, will
live..."
"I don't know how
people without any faith
can get through this," said
Porter. "You need something to hold onto. You need
hope."
worked. For each site that she
informally checked, the front
page was not explicit and gave
a description or rating for the
material to follow. She then
had to choose whether or not
to go further.
The providers of the software blocking service hire
people to find and sort all
Internet sites. Assessors can
then decide which categories
they will block from their computers. Bethel is considering
two service providers:
SurfWatch and WebSense.
Each of these has created their
own criteria for categorization.
Although ACSAC considers several categories inappropriate, such as adult entertain-
Internet
continued on page 2
Smalley's
legacy
lives on
By Kara Miller
Staff Writer
Bethel mourned when linguistics Professor William
Smalley retired 10 years ago.
Now, we are mourning again.
The 74-year-old former
Bethel professor, linguist, anthropologist and missionary
died on Dec. 16 in New Haven,
Conn., due to a heart attack.
"Bill was a quiet, calm, deliberative, kind, task-oriented
person who cared a lot for students who were willing to take
the time to listen and interact,"
said history Professor G.W.
Carlson. "There was no one
better."
Smalley achieved global
recognition for his linguistic
work. He is credited with
helping to create the Hmong
written language, which is
now used worldwide. He
worked with both the American and United Bible Societies,
the Christian and Missionary
Alliance and the National Endowment for the Humanities,
Smalley
continued on page 2